TY  - JOUR
A1  - Nell, Manuel
A1  - Burgkart, Rainer H.
A1  - Gradl, Guntmar
A1  - von Eisenhart-Rothe, Rüdiger
A1  - Schaeffeler, Christoph
A1  - Trappe, Dennis
A1  - Prazeres da Costa, Clarissa
A1  - Gradinger, Reiner
A1  - Kirchhoff, Chlodwig
T1  - Primary extrahepatic alveolar echinococcosis of the lumbar spine and the psoas muscle
JF  - Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
N2  - Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) of human being caused by Echinococcus multilocularis is a rare but important zoonosis especially in tempered zones of middle Europe and Northern America with endemic character in many countries. Due to the long incubation period, various clinical manifestations, critical prognosis, and outcome AE presents a serious and severe disease. The primary focus of infection is usually the liver. Although secondary affection of visceral organs is possible extrahepatic AE is highly uncommon. Moreover, the involvement of bone and muscle presents with an even lower incidence. In the literature numerous cases on hepatic AE have been reported. However, extrahepatic AE involving bones and/or muscles was described very rarely. We report a case of an 80-year-old man with primary extrahepatic alveolar Echinococcosis of the lumbar spine and the psoas muscle. The etiology, diagnosis, differential diagnoses, treatment options and outcome of this rare disease are discussed in context with the current literature.
KW  - Medicine
Y1  - 2011
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-141796
VL  - 10
IS  - 13
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fassnacht, Martin
A1  - Johanssen, Sarah
A1  - Allolio, Bruno
T1  - Statements Cannot Be Substantiated : In Reply
JF  - Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
N2  - No abstract available.
KW  - Medicine
Y1  - 2011
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-142597
VL  - 108
IS  - 19
ER  -